Baling-press



(No Model.)

P. STEUERWALD & A. GORDING.

BALING PRESS.

No. 415,476. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

WlT/VESSES: N M F? INVENTOR- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP STEUEIfiVALD AND ALBERT CORDING, OF SANNEMIN, ILLINOIS.

BALlNG-PRESS,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 415,476, datedNovember 19, 18 89. Application filed May 3, 1889. Serial No. 309,450.(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PHILIP STEUERWALD and ALBERT oRDINc, of Sannemin,in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented a newand Improved Baling- Press, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Our invention relates to presses adapted for baling hay, straw, cot-ton,rags, or other substances, and has for its object to provide a simple,inexpensive, and efiicient press of this character, which may be easilyand economically operated by farm-hands or any ordinary workmen.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcoi'nbinations of parts of the baling-press, all as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section of our improvedbaling-press, partly broken away at its lower or base portion. Fig. 2 isa plan view thereof. Fig. 2) is a front end view with parts in sectionon the line ac in Fig. 1, and Fig. -t a rear end view of the press.

The frame A of the press-body will in prac tice be supported bytruck-wheels mounted on axles a (1', held to it, the wheels not beingshown in the drawings. The base of the frame A is divided to give roomfor the beam or stem l) of the plunger B to slide therein, said plungerworking in the baling box or chamber C, provided on the rear end of theframe and having two open sides, allowing easy.tying of the bales. Thetop wall c of the baling-box is loose at its forward part or end, overwhich on a cross-beam a of the press-frame are fulcrumed at (I (I attheir outer endsa pair of levers D D, to the inner parts of which arepivoted the upper ends of two pressenbars E E, which are guided forvertical motion in the beam (4, and are adapted to press down the freeend of the top wall a of the baling-box. A headed screw F, inserted frombelow in the cross-beam a and held in place by a pin f, passed throughthe beam, and a metal yoke a thereon extends upward, and on its upperthreaded end is fitted a nut G, which is adapted to bear on the innerextremities of the two levers D D. It is obvious that by screwing downthenut the levers will be swung down to carry the bars E E with them andlower the outer end of the wall 0 to contract the area of the dischargeend of the baling-box to any required extent to cause the resistance todischarge of the pressed bales, and thus to assure any re quired densityof the bale being formed in the baling-box by the successive effectivestrokes of the plunger B therein, this ma chine being of that classknown as continuous balers. A lock-nut g on the screw F above the nut Gmay be set down onto the latter to hold the levers, presser-bars, andbaling-box wall (f at any required ad justment.

The usual feed-opening c is provided at the front end of the baling-boX.

The plunger .13 is actuated by an ellipticalshaped power-head H, whichis pivoted centrally to a cross-bar secured to the frame A, and to whichhead the inner end of a sweep of any preferred form will be connected,so that animals hitched to the sweep may turn it to rotate the head.This power-head is provided with an elliptical or double-curved slot h71, which receives an anti-friction roller I, journaled on a verticalspindle or shaft held to the outer end of the stem 1) of the plunger. Itis obvious thatas the powerhead H is turned the plunger will bereciprocated by action of the side walls of the powerhead slot 7L h onthe anti-friction roller 1, the contact of the outer walls of said slotcausing the plunger to move rearward on its effective stroke to pressthe material while the contact of the inner walls of the slot retract ordraw back the plunger to allow another batch of hay, straw, or othermaterial to be fed into the baling-box next the plunger. It will benoticed that the leverage of the power-head increases as the resistanceof the material being pressed by the plunger increases; hence the poweris applied most effectively when most needed in accomplishing the work.The operation of the power-head is the same which ever way it may beturned-completely around or half around and reversethe power-head ineach half-turn giving one complete effective and return-stroke to theplunger, or two complete strokes of the plunger for each completerevolution of the sweep. Ve also employ a packer or feed-board J, whichis pivotally connected by parallel bars K K, with a pair of uprights 7t"70, fixed to the press-frame A. These parallel bars cause a nearlyvertical movement of the packer J, and to the lower of the two bars isconnected rigidly one end of a plate-spring L, the other free end ofwhich is pivoted to the upper end of abar or link M, which is pivoted orcoupled at its lower end to the plunger-stem. \Vith this construction it-is obvious that as the plunger moves forward on its effective strokethe link M will draw on the spring L and lift the packer or feed-board.T to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and as the plunger isretracted the packer will be lowered into the baling-box at itsfeed-opening c and in front of the drawn-back plunger to carry all loosematerial down into the baling-box, so that it may be pressed up to helpform the baleon the next effective stroke of the plunger. The spring Lassures an easy and somewhat yielding action of the packer J, therebypreventing shocks in the operation of the de vice. Springs N N, boltedat one end to opposite sides of the upper parallel bar K, act or pressoutward by their free ends .upon the top lugs j j of the packer tosteady it laterally as it is moved up and down by the plunger.

It will be noticed that the motion of the plunger is positive both ways,and that no springs are employed in connection with it; hence there islittle danger of derangement of the press, and as the action of thepacker is also positive and entirely automatic the press may be safelyand economically operated by farm-hands or ordinary.workmen.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is 1. In a baling-press,the combination, withthe frame, the baling-chamber, and a longitudinal guideway or slot inthe frame, the reciprocating beam in said way or slot, and provided atits inner end within the baling chamber with a plunger, and the pin orstud projecting from the beam, of the power-head provided with anelliptical groove into which said pin projects, whereby directlongitudinal reciprocation Will be given the plunger beam, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In a baling-press, the combination, with the press-frame, abaling-box, and a plunger in the box, of a packer supported to moveVertically in the baling-boX next the drawnback plunger, a bar or linkpivoted at its lower end to the plunger, and a spring connected at oneend to the packer-support, and at the other end to the bar or link,substantially as herein set forth.

In a baling-press, the combination, with the press-frame, a baling-box,and a plunger in the box, of parallel bars K K, pivoted to standards onthe press-frame, a packer J,

connected to said bars, a spring L, connected to one bar K, and a bar-or link M, connect ing the spring with the plunger, substantially asherein set forth.

4. In a baling-press, the combination, with a loose wall of thebaling-box, of a pair of levers fulcrumed to the press-frame,presserbars held to the levers and adapted to shift the loose wall, ascrew held to the pressframe, and a nut on the screw adapted to operatethe levers and presser-bars and contract the discharge end of thebaling-box, substantially as herein set forth.

5. In a baling-press, the combination, with a loose upper Wall 0 of thebaling-box, of a pair of levers D D, fulcrumed at (Z (Z to thepress-frame, presser-bars E E, connected to the levers and. adapted toshift the wall 0, a screw F, held in the press-frame, and a nut G onsaid screw, and adapted to depress the levers and presser-bars and thewall 0, to

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contract the discharge end of the baling-box,

